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Around the Horn: Coach gets 100th win: Fifth-year net coach Brek Horn has ACU off to red-hot start

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Brek Horn won her 100th collegiate game, all with ACU, last Tuesday over Lubbock Christian University. Horn said she didn't even realize it was her 100th win until ACU sports and information director Lance Fleming called and informed her. "We beat LCU, and I didn't even hear about it until Wednes-day when Lance ... [Read More…]

Cats look to extend win streak: Volleyball team heads to San Antonio for non-conference play

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The red-hot ACU Wildcats continued their winning ways after beating Cameron in four games Tuesday in Lawton, Okla. The Wildcats, now 15-5, are in first place in the Lone Star Conference South. ACU will not play its first conference match, however, until Oct. 10 against the 6-10 Eastern New Mexico squad. ACU defeated ... [Read More…]

Men hope to make top five against heavy D-I competition

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer ACU will go spike-to-spike with some of the nation's best Division I cross country teams Saturday at the 67th annual Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. The Wildcat men have quite a tradition to keep at the meet after finishing first in 2000 and second last season. "I think a top-five finish would be great," said ... [Read More…]

Tennis teams hit road following regional successes: Men go to Arlington, women to Kentucky

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Following strong performances the last two weeks at the Omni ITA Regional championships, the ACU tennis teams will be back in action this weekend with the men traveling to Arlington and the women going to Kentucky. The men will be playing in the Texas-Arlington Classic at the University of Texas at Arlington, and the ... [Read More…]

Wildcats take on ENMU: After bye week, 1-2 ACU plays host to unbeaten Greyhounds

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor For the second straight year, the Wildcat football team opens its Lone Star Conference South Division schedule against an unbeaten Eastern New Mexico program. This year, ACU (1-2 overall) hopes to repeat the same feat of last year-knock off the nationally-ranked Greyhounds (4-0) and begin building a winning ... [Read More…]

Wildcats dominate at LSC crossover: Team Sweeps yet another weekend tournament

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU extended its winning streak to seven straight matches after going 3-0 over the weekend at the Lone Star Conference Crossover Tour-nament. The Wildcats got behind in the first match on Friday against Texas Woman's, losing the first two games. The Wildcats rallied back in the third game and won in the fifth game, ... [Read More…]

ACU JVs fall to Ranger varsity: Turnovers hurt team in first half; second half better for Cats

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The junior varsity football team dropped its third game of the season to Ranger College's varsity team, 34-14, on Saturday. The Wild-cats trailed 27-0 at halftime but came back to score twice in the second half; once on a 48-yard touchdown scamper by freshman wideout Macie Shaw and once on a quarterback keeper by ... [Read More…]

Wildcats in Missouri for Omni/ITA regional tourney: Singles, doubles champions head to nationals in October

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU is competing this weekend in Springfield, Mo., at the men's Omni Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional championships. The tournament, in which the women participated last week in Abilene, determines which eight singles players and eight doubles teams will get a bid to the national championships in late ... [Read More…]

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